"A. F. Mujibur Rahman Abul Faiz Mujibur Rahman was born on September 23, 1897, in Faridpur district of Bangladesh. He was a jurist and first Bengali Muslim Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer. Abul Faiz Rahman attended school in Faridpur Zilla School and graduated from Dhaka College. He moved to Calcutta University and in 1920 achieved master's degree in pure mathematics with the highest score in the history of Calcutta University beating the previous record mark achieved by Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee. He then later applied to join the Indian Civil Service. He attended Balliol College, University of Oxford for probationary studies"
"Mujibur Rahman Khan Mujibur Rahman Khan (23 October 1910 – 5 October 1984) was a Bangladeshi journalist, litterateur and politician. Khan passed the Entrance examination from Anjuman High School in 1928 and Bachelor of Arts in 1934 from Ananda Mohan College in Mymensingh. He then enrolled in the Department of English at Calcutta University but left without completing his Masters. Mujibur Rahman became a headmaster Harua High School in 24 Parganas. Khan was associated with All Bengal Anti-Fascist Writers' Guild, Bangiya Mussalman Sahitya Samiti, East Pakistan Renaissance Society, Pakistan Arts Council and Bulbul Lalitakala Academy. He was the first president"
"President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of independent Bangladesh. The different experiences during the war of the professional and paramilitary officers and soldiers in Bangladesh, together with the country's diverse cultures and Muslim majority, created instabilities in the years after independence. The members of the army who had been imprisoned or otherwise out of the country during the liberation war later tended to form different political alliances than those who had participated in the war. This long influenced the instability of national politics and the armed forces. Ershad was sent for advanced military courses to the National"
"President, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was detained in Pakistan throughout the war. Mujibnagar Mujibnagar (), formerly known as Baidyanathtala (Boiddonathtola) and Bhoborpara, is a town in the Meherpur District of Bangladesh. The Provisional Government of Bangladesh was formed on 10 April 1971, however, sworn in on 17th April 1971 in this place by the elected representatives of the Bengalees (mostly belongling to Awami League), that led the Bangladesh Liberation War, who were leading the guerrilla war for the independence of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) from Pakistan in 1971. The place was renamed Mujibnagar by the proclamation of independence, in honour of"
"Mara, Bangladesh: President Sheik Mujibur Rahaman. He visited 56 countries during studies and service . He visited Egypt, Kenya, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kampuchea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, North Korea, Pakistan(East & West), Papua New Guinea, Philippines ,Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam(South), Vietnam(North), Belgium, Benelux, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Iran, Israel, Canada, USA, Fiji. Prior to serving with the FAO, he was an active researcher with more than 200 papers and articles to his credit. He was directly involved in the establishment"
"description of the government, economy, population, geographic boundary, security of a future state of East Pakistan. The society held its first meeting in July 1944. He was also elected to the first Constituent Assembly of India in 1946. Mujibur Rahman Khan Mujibur Rahman Khan (23 October 1910 – 5 October 1984) was a Bangladeshi journalist, litterateur and politician. Khan passed the Entrance examination from Anjuman High School in 1928 and Bachelor of Arts in 1934 from Ananda Mohan College in Mymensingh. He then enrolled in the Department of English at Calcutta University but left without completing his Masters. Mujibur Rahman"
"Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib (8 August 1930 – 15 August 1975), was the wife of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh. She was assassinated with her husband and three sons. She was born in Tungipara, Gopalganj in 1930. Her nickname was Renu. Her father and mother died when she was five years old. She was paternal cousin of her husband Sheikh Muzibur Rahman. When Begum Fazilatunnesa was only three and Sheikh Mujib was 13, their marriage had been fixed by elders in the family. Renu was only 8 years old when she was married to her"
"Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's ban on political parties, he sought to revitalise the demoralised bureaucracy, to begin new economic development programs, and to emphasise family planning. A year later in November 1976, Ziaur Rahman became Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA). He assumed the presidency upon Sayem's retirement 5 months later, promising national elections in 1978. After a Yes-No nationwide vote referendum, Ziaur Rahman was elected for president in 1978. His government removed the remaining restrictions on political parties and encouraged all opposition parties to participate in the pending parliamentary elections. He freed the press, and introduced a market economy. More than"
"Awami League, which had won the 1970 election in Pakistan, formed the first post-independence government in Bangladesh. Awami League leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman became the 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh on 12 January 1972 and is widely regarded as the nation's independence hero and founding father. Nation-building under his regime was based on secular Bengali nationalist principles. The original Constitution of Bangladesh, drafted by Dr. Kamal Hossain, laid down the structure of a liberal democratic parliamentary republic with socialist influences in 1972. On the international stage, Rahman and his Indian counterpart Indira Gandhi signed the 25-year Indo-Bangladeshi Treaty of Friendship,"
"electing members of the National and Provincial Assemblies. Under the new system, presidential election were held on 2 February 1965 which resulted in a victory for Ayub Khan. As years went by, political opposition against President Ayub Khan mounted. In East Pakistan, leader of the Awami League, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was one of the key leaders to rally opposition to President Ayub Khan. In 1966, he began the Six point movement for East Pakistani autonomy. In 1968, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was charged with sedition after the government of President Ayub Khan accused him for conspiring with India against the stability"
"Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She was elected to the country's first parliament in 1973. She left politics after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the jail killings of four key cabinet ministers, including Tajuddin Ahmed, prime minister of Bangladesh in exile, and Syed Nazrul Islam, former acting president of Bangladesh, in exile in 1975. In 1985, she brought out a Bangla periodical called Ekal and became its editor. Later renamed Edesh Ekal, it focused not just on the problems of women, but also explored various social and political issues that confronted Bangladesh, including violence, representation, corruption and democratic deficit. Among"
"the country's first and only Vice-president. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman then launched a civil disobedience movement which effectively paralysed the state machinery in East Pakistan. Talks between Bhutto and Rehman collapsed and President Khan ordered armed action against the Awami League. Operations Searchlight and Barisal led to a crackdown on East Pakistani politicians, civilians, and student activists. Sheikh Rahman was arrested and extradited to Islamabad, while the entire Awami League leadership escaped to India to set up a parallel government. A guerrilla insurgency was initiated by the Indian-organised and supported ""Mukti Bahini"" (""freedom fighters""). Millions of Bengali Hindus and Muslims took"
"Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the principal leader, led to the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. Bangladesh was founded as a secular nation. In 1977, however, President Ziaur Rahman, trying to consolidate his power under martial law, removed secularism from the constitution and replaced it with ""a commitment to the values of Islam."" In 2010, the Bangladesh Supreme Court reaffirmed secular principles in the constitution. The Bengali numerals are derived from ancient Indian mathematics, which also influenced the development of Arabic numerals and science in the medieval Islamic world. Historical Islamic kingdoms that existed in Bengal employed several clever technologies in"
"of Bangobondhu Mujibur Rahman, hereby declare that Independent People's Republic of Bangladesh has been established. At his direction, I have taken the command as the temporary Head of the Republic. In the name of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, I call upon all Bengalees to rise against the attack by the West Pakistani Army. We shall fight to the last to free our motherland. Victory is, by the Grace of Allah, ours. Joy Bangla. This was the story (described to then Press Trust of India-PTI's East Pakistan correspondent journalist Jyoti Sen Gupta in 1971 by Prof. Md. Khaled, Awami League Vice-President of"
"Mujibur Rahman announced the six point movement in Lahore. The movement demanded greater provincial autonomy and the restoration of democracy in Pakistan. Rahman was indicted for treason during the Agartala Conspiracy Case after launching the six point movement. He was released in the 1969 uprising in East Pakistan, which ousted Ayub Khan from the presidency. Below includes the historical six points:- Ayub Khan was replaced by general Yahya Khan who became the Chief Martial Law Administrator. Khan organized the Pakistani general election, 1970. The 1970 Bhola cyclone was one of the deadliest natural disasters of the 20th century. The cyclone"
"Muslim League. In 1937, he established the periodical ""The Comrade"" with the help of fellow Indian nationalists. Mujibur Rahman Khan died in October 1940, following years of paralysis. Mujibur Rahman Khan (politician) Mujibur Rahman Khan was journalist and Indian nationalist activist. Mujibur Rahman Khan was born in Nehalpur, Bashirhat, 24 Parganas. He began his association with newspapers at first as a letter-writer to various newspapers and periodicals, particularly to ""The Bengalee"" of Surendranath Banerjee. and later became acontributor for the Sudhakar. He worked for some time as an editor of the weekly, ""Islam Rabi"". In 1906, Rahman was appointed editor"
"Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the new government headed by Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman, appointed Aziz as the first secretary to the Bangladesh embassy in Rome. He was arrested in Dhaka for his role in the 17 June 1980 attempted coup in Bangladesh. He was freed after agreeing to turn state witness. He was then posted to Nairobi, Kenya. He was in Zimbabwe when the Bangladesh Awami League government recalled him to Dhaka. He refused to return and as a result was dismissed his from the foreign service. He applied for asylum in Zimbabwe. He received political asylum in Zimbabwe. On 8"
"Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The move towards a secular form of government caused widespread dissatisfaction among many low ranking military personnel, most of whom received training from Pakistan army. On 15 August 1975 during the time of K M Shafiullah as a Head of the Army Stuffs. some junior members of the armed forces in Dhaka, led by Major Faruk Rahman and Major Rashid, murdered Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and all his family members, including his wife and minor son. Within months, on 3 November 1975, four more of its top leaders, Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed, Captain Muhammad Mansur Ali and"
"support for the guerrillas loyal to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh, who had been assassinated in 1975 by military officers and replaced by a military regime that sought to distance itself from India. India also sought to improve relations with the United States, which had been strained due to the latter's support for Pakistan during the 1971 war and India's subsequent proximity with the Soviet Union. The Janata government announced its desire to achieve ""genuine"" non-alignment in the Cold War, which had been the long-standing national policy. In 1978, Jimmy Carter became the first U.S. president to"
"Karagarer Rojnamcha Karagarer Rojnamcha (Bengali: কারাগারের রোজনামচা; English: Prison Diary) is the second memoir by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founding father and the 1st President of Bangladesh. Bangla Academy published the book on the occasion of Mujib's 98th birth anniversary. Mujib used to note his daily life in his personal diary while in jail. Pakistani government seized his six diaries when he got released from the jail. Four of them were returned later. In 2009, after the Mujibs's eldest child Sheikh Hasina's government came to power, the remaining two diaries were recovered with the help of Special Branch. These two diaries"
"Rahman broadcast announcement of the declaration of independence on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This is Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra. I, Major Ziaur Rahman, at the direction of Bangobondhu Mujibur Rahman, hereby declare that Independent People's Republic of Bangladesh has been established. At his direction, I have taken the command as the temporary Head of the Republic. In the name of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, I call upon all Bengalees to rise against the attack by the West Pakistani Army. We shall fight to the last to free our motherland. Victory is, by the Grace of Allah, ours. Joy Bangla. The"
"November 1998 Pasha was along with 15 other defendants were sentenced to death for his role in the assassination of Shiekh Mujibur Rahman. On 14 December 2000, Bangladesh High Court confirmed his death sentence. Pasha died on 2 June 2001 in Zimbabwe. The Awami League government which came to power in 1996 dismissed him from government service. When Bangladesh Nationalist Party came to power in 2001 they changed the government decision to show that he retired from service. This entitled his widow, Mahfuza Pasha, to his government pension. After the assassination of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Pasha purchased the house"
"1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed by the Army officers along with 22 members of his family. Khandker Mushtaq Ahmed was made the President by the army officers. Hashem left Bangladesh on 3 November 1975 after the Jail killing of AHM Qamaruzzaman, former Home Minister, M Mansur Ali, the former finance minister, Tajuddin Ahmad,former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and Syed Nazrul Islam, former acting president of Bangladesh. They were imprisoned in Dhaka Central Jail after the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état and the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members. He was appointed to a diplomatic post"
"Rahman, at the direction of Bangobondhu Mujibur Rahman, hereby declare that the Independent People's Republic of Bangladesh has been established. At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic. In the name of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, I call upon all Bengalees to rise against the attack by the West Pakistani Army. We shall fight to the last to free our motherland. Victory is, by the Grace of Allah, ours. Joy Bangla."" The Provisional Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was formed on 10 April in Meherpur (later renamed as Mujibnagar, a town adjacent to"
"capital Mujibnagar, after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The government-in-exile came to be known as the Mujibnagar government. Along with senior Bengali political and military leaders, he formed the first Government of Bangladesh. The oath taking ceremony of the first government of Bangladesh took place on the soil of Bangladesh, in Meherpur, Kushtia on 17 April 1971. He presided over the significant Bangladesh Sector Commanders Conference 1971 that created and formed the entire Bangladesh Armed Forces under the command of General M. A. G. Osmani. As the first Prime Minister, he led efforts to organize a guerilla insurgency of Bengali civilians and"
"Ahmed Sharful Hossain Ahmed Sharful Hossain, also known as Shariful Islam, is a Bangladesh Army officer and a fugitive involved in the Assassin of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the first president of Bangladesh and the Jail Killing. Some mid ranking officers in the Bangladesh Army launched the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état that resulted in the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the President of Bangladesh, and formation of the government led by Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad. The coup was led by officers from the artillery and lancer units of Bangladesh Army. Ahmed Sharful Hossain was then a major in the lancer"
"black-and-white photographs depict the slain Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the slain General Ziaur Rahman, plotters behind various coups, politicians and some photocopies of documents and an official gazette related to the many coups this South Asian country has suffered. In its jacket, the book promises that it has ""revealed"" issues like who killed Mujib (the first prime minister of Bangladesh), who was responsible for the jail killings in Bangladesh, and how General Zia was assassinated. Written in 13 chapters and an index, the book also contains a list of officers convicted by General Court Martial and hanged for the assassination of"
"Mujibur Rahman government. He served in that position until 1973 and then became agriculture minister. He was replaced by Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad as foreign minister. Azad did not support the 1975 military coup in which Mujibur Rahman was killed. He was imprisoned until 1979. In 1991 parliament, he became the Deputy leader of opposition. In 1996, when the Awami League came back to power under Mujibur Rahman's daughter, Sheikh Hasina, Azad was appointed foreign minister again. He served in that position until 2001 when the Awami League lost elections. He was elected to parliament in 1991, 1996 and 2001. Azad"
"political turmoil. The coup leaders were soon overthrown and a series of counter-coups and political assassinations paralyzed the country. Order was largely restored after a coup in 1977 gave control to the army chief Ziaur Rahman. Declaring himself President in 1978, Ziaur Rahman signed the Indemnity Ordinance, giving immunity from prosecution to the men who plotted Mujib's assassination and overthrow. Sheikh Mujib was 13 years old when he got married to his paternal cousin Sheikh Fazilatunnesa who was only 3 and just lost her parents, so her (and Sheikh Mujib's) grandfather, Sheikh Abdul Hamid, had commanded his son Sheikh Lutfar"
"crisis, with the Indian Armed Forces intervening in support of the Bangladesh Forces in the final two weeks of the war and ensuring Pakistan's surrender. After independence, Bangladesh adopted a secular democracy under its new constitution in 1972. Awami League premier Sheikh Mujibur Rahman became the country's strongman and implemented many socialist policies. A one party state was enacted in 1975. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated later that year during a military coup that ushered in sixteen years of military dictatorships and presidential governments. The liberation war commander Ziaur Rahman emerged as Bangladesh's leader in the late 1970s. He reoriented"
"Mujibnagar Mujibnagar (), formerly known as Baidyanathtala (Boiddonathtola) and Bhoborpara, is a town in the Meherpur District of Bangladesh. The Provisional Government of Bangladesh was formed on 10 April 1971, however, sworn in on 17th April 1971 in this place by the elected representatives of the Bengalees (mostly belongling to Awami League), that led the Bangladesh Liberation War, who were leading the guerrilla war for the independence of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) from Pakistan in 1971. The place was renamed Mujibnagar by the proclamation of independence, in honour of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who declared Bangladesh independent. The actual capital of"
"Mujibnagar Upazila Mujibnagar is an Upazila (subdistrict) of Meherpur District in Bangladesh. Mujibnagar was formerly a part of the Meherpur Sadar Upazila, before it was made a separate Upazila on 24 February 2000. The name Mujibnagar commemorates an event in the history of Bangladesh: It is the place where, on 17 April 1971, the first government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was sworn in, and the place was named Mujibnagar after the name of the Father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Mujibnagar Upazila is bounded by Meherpur Sadar Upazila in Meherpur District, on the north, Meherpur Sadar"
"Yahya Khan met in Dacca to decide the fate of the country. After their discussions yielded no satisfactory results, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman called for a nationwide strike. Bhutto feared a civil war, therefore, he sent his trusted companion, Mubashir Hassan. A message was conveyed, and Rahman decided to meet Bhutto. Upon his arrival, Rahman met with Bhutto and both agreed to form a coalition government with Rahman as Premier and Bhutto as President. However, the military was unaware of these developments, and Bhutto increased his pressure on Rahman to reach a decision. The talks proved unsuccessful, however, and on 1"